ord "Islam," in addition to meaning submission (to god), is also derived from the Arabic word "Salaam," meaning peace. The Muslims, or submitters, greet each other by saying "Salaam," meaning peace upon you.
             Many terrorist groups have used the name of Islam to promote their cause, giving the West a chance to attack Islam and label the Muslims as terrorists. Ironically, the west ignores labeling other terrorist movements as Christian or Jewish based. People from all religious and political backgrounds have committed some form of terrorism. Christian terrorist such as in Bosnia, Ireland, and Nazi Germany, along with Jewish terrorist such as in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon, have both used their religions to justify the violence and terrorism they commit. Islam does not condone terrorism, and the biggest mistake that is made is to link Islam as a religion with the terrorist groups that call themselves Muslims. Therefore, there is no real Islamic terrorism, only Middle Eastern terrorism.
             The Middle Eastern word, jihad, or "holy war", as referred to by the terrorist groups and the media, has been waged against western society, especially the United States. At the head of modern terrorism is Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden and his organization. At the present time, they are the United States' most serious international threat.
             An empire of terrorist sponsoring Middle Eastern states have been constructed and lead by Iran since the 1979 Iranian revolution and backed by Syria, Sudan, Libya, Iraq, and Pakistan. These states consider terrorism an instrument of state policy. The leaders of the six states are convinced that they must prevent a post-Cold War world, in which the U.S. is the only super-power. It is the purpose of the terrorism to prevent the U.S. values from dominating the rest of the world. In particular the American position on Israel, where the U.S. fully supports the Israel at the expense of the Pale...